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Who said it: Elon Musk or Mr. Burns?
An interactive quiz. I admit my score fell below 100%. | learn more
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The top 10 most-regretted college majors.
“Although students may be drawn to those fields while they’re in school for reasons beyond salary and job security, “when we graduate, reality hits,” said Sinem Buber, ZipRecruiter’s lead economist.” | learn more
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That one time Oregon blew up a whale.
“In 1970, the Oregon Highway Division consulted with the U.S. Navy and decided the best way to dispose of a whale carcass was to blow it up with a ½ ton of dynamite. The explosion caused blubber to rain down on […]
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Why did it take so long to invest the thermometer?
Since the third century BC, the “inverted flask experiment” demonstrated the basic mechanics of air temperature impacting the water level in a column. But it wasn’t until the 1600s that someone paired it with a scale to turn it into […]
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Happy Gilmore’s alligators
“Real and fake alligators were used in the film as well as a frog which is seen briefly sitting on a tree limb at a golf course. Two live alligators were transported from California to Vancouver, British Columbia. … One […]
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What’s inside that Lithium Ion battery?
“Have you ever wanted to cut a battery open to see how it’s made? Don’t do it. At best, the contents will irritate your skin. At worst, they’ll explode. Fortunately, we’ve got a good way to look inside batteries: a […]
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Humans being humans.
“A group CrossFitters passed by a restaurant in Brazil. Everyone eating thought they were running away from something, so they jumped up and ran with them.” | see video
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Go inside the Great Pyramid of Giza.
An interactive and 3D tour of the, “only Wonder of the Ancient World that’s still standing.” | learn more
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It’s a good day to be 5’ 7″.
A brief Googling suggests Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron, Olof Scholz, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky are all 5’7, it’s an unprecedented consolidation of European power in the hands of short kings
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Question from my 4-year-old prompts an investigation into digestion.
I often turn to the internet to answer her questions. Two reasons… First, I’m training her to recognize that there’s a wealth of knowledge available online. And second, someone typically has written a better answer than I can muster. “If […]